Company One

Company One is an award winning non-profit theatre company in residence at the Boston Center for the Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.[1] The company is known for providing race-centered and social awareness programming in Boston.[2] Company One has produced and mounted over 50 plays.

Company History

Company One began with six people who began a theatre company called "Island Project" at Great Diamond Island, off the coast of Portland, Maine, the group turned to nature to fuel their expression. They went on to found Company One in the fall of 1998.

In 2005, the company created ARTiculation, a touring poetry-slam turned performance piece. It premiered at the Boston Center of the Arts and has been touring to colleges and high schools across the east coast.

In 2014 the company staged the world premiere of the play Splendor, by playwright Kirsten Greenidge,[3] which received mixed reviews from critics.[4][5][6]

In 2016 Company One's production of An Octaroon also received a mixed review from the Boston Globe.[7] Also in 2016 the company received grants which allowed it to take on a playwright in residence; the first playwright brought in was Kirsten Greenidge.[8][9] Later that year the company presented "The T Party", a play about gender transformation.[10]

Education

Stage One

In 1999, Stage One began its summer camp at an independent site in the Boston area. Two years later the summer program was invited to be a resident at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, where the curriculum began to evolve in the more intensive training that it is today. In 2010, Stage One added an educational touring production to its roster of programs. The newest addition to the program is the Page to Stage Program, which brings middle and high school students into the company one theatre for special matinee performances. By 2012, the program had reached over 10,000 students.

Professional Development

The company presents a Professional Development for Actors, a class designed for adult actors perfecting their craft. It consists of eight weeks of study with Company One's instructors. The class culminates in a showcase.

Company One's summer production apprenticeship program is designed to create a pre professional company of artists. Participants train with Company One Educators and create and perform their own performance pieces, as well as mentorship by the company's professional production staff.

Company One also operates a nine-week theatre intensive designed to give the insight and hands-on experience one might need to work in the professional theatre. Apprentices participate in the creation and production of the professional play, performed by Company One's Junior Apprentice program for teens.

Productions

Season 11: 2009/2011

Season 12: 2010/2011

Season 13: 2011/2012

Season 14: 2012/2013

Awards and Nominations

References

  1. ↑ "Company One Theatre’s ‘Dry Land’ showcases a major new talent". Boston Globe, Don Aucoin October 06, 2015
  2. ↑ Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc (3 August 2010). Fodor's Boston 2011. Fodor's Travel Publications. pp. 268–. ISBN 978-1-4000-0496-6.
  3. ↑ Diversity On Display At Lyric Stage, Company One | ARTery
  4. ↑ Company One's 'Splendor' doesn't quite live up to its name
  5. ↑ Talkin' Broadway Regional News & Reviews - "Splendor," "Water by the Spoonful" - 10/27/13
  6. ↑ Bww Reviews: Power To The People As Three New Plays Make Boston Premieres
  7. ↑ "A revealing mashup of the present, past in ‘An Octoroon’". Boston Globe, Don Aucoin February 02, 2016
  8. ↑ "HowlRound a key player in new grants to support playwrights". Boston Globe, Don Aucoin Globe Staff April 11, 2016
  9. ↑ "Company One adds playwright-in-residence; Huntington extends Lopez". Boston Globe, Jeremy Goodwin April 07, 2016
  10. ↑ "In Company One’s ‘The T Party,’ the transgender experience unfolds, in shadow and light". Boston Globe, Don Aucoin July 18, 2016
  11. ↑ Aucoin, Don. "Critics' Picks: Theater". Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  12. ↑ Otis L. Guernsey; Jeffrey Sweet; Al Hirschfeld (2003). The Best Plays of ... Limelight Editions. p. 400.

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